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News about The Beatles, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 11, 2014

Jon Pareles describes highlights from televised tribute concert The Night That Changed America, commemorating 50th anniversary of the Beatles appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964; reflects that performance by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, two remaining Beatles, was best part of show. MORE

Feb. 9, 2014

Loose Ends column by teacher Vincent Precht recalls meeting the Beatles when he was six years old backstage before they went on to his grandfather Ed Sullivan's show. MORE

Feb. 8, 2014

Lucky few who were present during The Beatles' epochal appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show recall advent of Beatlemania fifty years ago; Debbie Supnik and Ira Gallen describe electric atmosphere during performance, which was watched by some 73 million Americans. MORE

Feb. 2, 2014

Numerous books, recordings, exhibitions, concerts and other events commemorate 50th anniversary of Beatles' first visit to United States in 1964. MORE

Feb. 2, 2014

Beatles tribute show All You Need Is Love, presented at Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, will celebrate 50th anniversary of band's invasion of America (Metropolitan/Connecticut). MORE

Feb. 2, 2014

Several events throughout Long Island, including concerts by tribute bands, commemorate the 50th anniversary of debut of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show (Metropolitan/Long Island). MORE

Feb. 2, 2014

Abundance of concerts and performances around New Jersey will mark 50th anniversary of the first performance of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show (Metropolitan/New Jersey). MORE

Dec. 22, 2013

Warner Bros releases Blu-ray DVD package of movies and sketches by 1970s parody band The Rutles to coincide with 50th anniversary of The Beatles' first trip to America. MORE

Dec. 12, 2013

As part of it celebration of the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of Beatlemania in America, Capitol Records will release “The Beatles: The U.S. Albums,” a 13-CD set. MORE

Nov. 21, 2013

The conceptual artist Rutherford Chang, who collects vinyl copies of the Beatles’ 1968 double album, has produced a recording layering the sound of 100 of them. MORE

Nov. 14, 2013

CBS said it would broadcast a two-hour special on Feb. 9, the date the Beatles made their live American television debut in 1964. MORE

Nov. 12, 2013

New collection of Beatles recordings on British radio, On Air — Live at the BBC Volume 2, filled with chat and covers of American songs, shows what made the band tick. MORE

Sep. 12, 2013

A follow-up to the 1994 “The Beatles Live at the BBC” is due out Nov. 11. MORE

Sep. 2, 2013

Changes in methodology by a British music industry trade group mean that “Revolver” and “Rubber Soul,” among other albums, now get the designation. MORE

Sep. 1, 2013

Documentary film Good Ol’ Freda, directed by Ryan White, features Freda Kelly, who shares her firsthand observations, and some memorabilia, from her years as secretary and confidante of the Beatles. MORE

Aug. 15, 2013

New business venture by Adage Group and Round Hill Music seeks to introduce songs of the Beatles to a younger generation; will release album of Beatles covers by young bands and is working, through glitch that allowed company to buy rights to six of the band's early songs, to get more of their music onto television and movies. MORE

Jul. 25, 2013

Anita Gates reviews musical Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles, directed by John Maher at St James Theater. MORE

Jul. 16, 2013

Beatles musical Let It Be begins previews at St James Theater, despite copyright infringement lawsuit brought against it by producers of Rain, previous Beatles tribute show, who are seeking half its revenues. MORE

May. 22, 2013

The British Library receives handwritten lyrics to “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “She Said She Said” and “In My Life.” MORE

May. 8, 2013

“Let It Be,” which was created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four, will begin preview performances at the St. James Theater on July 16, with its opening night scheduled for July 24. MORE

Apr. 29, 2013

The singer-songwriter’s debut album has spent 63 weeks in the British top 10, surpassing the 62-week record held by the Beatles’ debut. MORE

Jan. 1, 2013

Places I Remember, limited-edition book of Henry Grossman's photographs of the Beatles, features images taken from unusual angles, including ones from their1964 Ed Sullivan Show debut. MORE

Aug. 12, 2012

Op-Ed article by author Paul Greenberg on explaining the Beatles to children of the MP3 generation. MORE

Feb. 23, 2012

IPad app The Guitar Collection: George Harrison, created by Harrison's son Dhani and Bandwidth Publishing, offers detailed 360-degree views, histories and background information for several guitars owned by the former Beatle. MORE

Of all the Beatles recordings, none has a history as fraught as ''Let It Be,'' and on Nov. 18 Capitol Records will add another wrinkle to the story, with the release of ''Let It Be . . . Naked.'' The most notable difference, and the one that occasioned the remix in the first place, is that the lush choirs and orchestrations that Phil Spector larded onto the songs ''Let It Be,'' ''The Long and Winding Road'' and ''Across the Universe'' have been shorn away.

In the 20 years since his death, John Lennon has become one of popular culture's battlegrounds, like Elvis Presley before him or, for that matter, like anyone of sufficient historical interest to attract not only serious biographers, but hagiographers and revisionists as well. It almost seems as though Lennon anticipated this.

Memo to beginning bands: Save everything. Every false start, every discarded arrangement, every bungled vocal. With luck, you can release them 30 years later and conquer the top 10 all over again. The only other requirement is that the first time around, you have to revolutionize popular music.

''Imagine what it was like for me, walking into Abbey Road Studios, opening tape boxes that had not been touched since they were shelved 20 years ago, and listening through professional equipment to the Beatles' recording-session tapes,'' said Mark Lewisohn, describing the major part of his research for his new book, ''The Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Abbey Road Studio Session Notes 1962-1970.

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December 18, 2014, Thursday

Discarded parts from the 1958 Rickenbacker that Lennon played on the first two Beatles’ albums will be auctioned, along with other memorabilia including a complete 1963 Gretsch 6120 guitar he used later.